<p>I work in the Development Office here on campus, and I can tell you it is one of ND’s long term goals to enact the same middle-income aid initiative as at schools like Harvard and such. But, keep in mind, Harvard’s endowment is exponentially larger than NDs. We have, as of January 2007, a $6.5 billion endowment, whereas Harvard’s is $34 billion. Now, we are still #12 in the country in endowment, which is awesome, because that does truly help with financial aid, but one cannot honestly expect ND to be able to do the same as Harvard with 1/6th of its endowment. Hopefully in the future, though!</p>